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    Flawed April Security Bulletin Slated for Re-Release Tuesday

    Microsoft will re-release one of its April security bulletins on Tuesday to fix a flaw in the patch that caused applications to crash on systems running either an older Hewlett-Packard utility or certain NVIDIA drivers. 04/21/2006

  • Patents, Patches and Patently Absurd Ideas

    Microsoft's most recent patch Tuesday wasn't just about security, it also patched a licensing problem. Here's why you can expect to see more patches like this in the future, and why patches won't be the end of it. 04/21/2006

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    Court Squashes Microsoft's IBM Subpoena

    A New York court has quashed a Microsoft Corp. subpoena aimed at compelling IBM to hand over documents related to the software giants's European antitrust case. 04/21/2006

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    Man Charged with Hacking USC Network

    A 25-year-old man has been charged with hacking into the University of Southern California's computer system and accessing information about student applicants. 04/21/2006

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    PC Shipments Rise in Q1

    While PC sales are on the uptick, Dell still manages to lose ground to rivals HP and Lenovo. 04/20/2006

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    Report: Phones Outflanking Notebooks for Web Access

    Think accessing the Web from your mobile phone is an idea whose time hasn't yet -- and may never -- come? But you hate lugging even a three-pound notebook everywhere you go? 04/20/2006

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    Apple Profit Rises 41 Percent

    Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose 41 percent, beating Wall Street estimates, as sales of its iPod players continued to soar and Macintosh computer shipments increased by 4 percent. 04/20/2006

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    Intel Slashes Spending Plans as Income Falls 38 Percent

    Investors looking for signs of just how painful the past few quarters have been for Intel Corp. need look no further than the company's revised spending plans. 04/20/2006

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    PC Shipments Rise 13 Percent in 1st Quarter

    Computer shipments rose at a faster-than-expected 13 percent worldwide in the first quarter, and the No. 1 PC maker, Dell Inc., lost ground to rivals, two technology research firms reported Wednesday. 04/20/2006

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    N.Y. County Enacts Wireless Security Law

    Westchester County on Thursday enacted a law that is designed to limit identity theft by forcing local businesses to install basic security measures for any wireless network that stores customers' credit card numbers or other financial information. 04/20/2006

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    Zenprise Updates Exchange Management Software

    Exchange administrators are constantly under the gun to keep their messaging servers up and running without hiccups. And Zenprise is giving those companies a bit more insurance in that regard with the latest release of the company's flagship product, Zenprise 2.0, the service-management software for Microsoft Exchange. 04/20/2006

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    Gates To Give Japanese Groups Technology

    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates reaffirmed the U.S. software company's commitment to the Japanese market Friday as he kicked off a campaign here to offer some free technology help to nonprofit organizations. 04/20/2006

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    On-Time Delivery for SQL Server 2005 SP1 

    Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is shipping Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, on schedule. 04/19/2006

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    Google Upgrades Corporate Search Engine

    Hoping to become less dependent on Internet advertising, online search engine leader Google Inc. is introducing a tool designed to make it easier for companies and their workers to find vital information scattered across a maze of complex software applications. 04/19/2006

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    Yahoo Accused of Helping China Arrest Another Dissident

    Yahoo Inc. turned over a draft e-mail from one of its users to Chinese authorities, who used the information to jail the man on subversion charges, according to the verdict from his 2003 trial released Wednesday by a rights group. It was the third time the U.S.-based Internet company has been accused of helping put a Chinese user in prison. 04/19/2006

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    Microsoft Wins Another Round in Antitrust Suit for Partner Sales

    Businesses and consumers who purchased computers with Microsoft Corp. software preinstalled or bought the company's programs through a reseller can't sue for antitrust violations, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. 04/19/2006

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    IBM First-Quarter Earnings Up 22 Percent

    The residual effects of sweeping cost cuts helped first-quarter earnings at International Business Machines Corp. increase 22 percent and beat analysts' expectations Tuesday despite minor revenue growth. 04/19/2006

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    Intel Shares Slip Ahead of 1Q Earnings Report

    In April 2003, Intel Corp. rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. released "Opteron," a revolutionary microprocessor for server computers that ran in the standard 32-bit mode or in a more advanced 64-bit mode. 04/19/2006

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    Cassatt Ships Management Tool for Collage

    Cassatt Corp. announced it is shipping an add-on for its Collage virtualization platform that aims to provide unified and automated management for both physical servers and virtual machines (VM) -- and in a vendor neutral fashion. 04/19/2006

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    Wash. State Settles Spyware Lawsuit

    An Oregon man will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for using e-mail to market bogus anti-spyware software called Spyware Cleaner, Washington state officials said in announcing a settlement. 04/19/2006

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    Microsoft Cleared in Class-Action Lawsuit

    Consumers who bought PCs with Microsoft software preinstalled on systems or on purchased PCs from resellers can't sue for antitrust violations, says federal appeals court. 04/18/2006

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    Court Rejects Microsoft EU Document Request

    A Massachusetts court has rejected a Microsoft Corp. request to force software rival Novell Inc. to hand over European Union correspondence that Microsoft claims it needs to defend itself against antitrust charges in Europe. 04/18/2006

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    Marathon Ships High Availability Virtualization Solution

    Marathon Technologies announced Monday it is shipping a new virtualization solution that provides high availability for applications at a lower price point than traditional clustering. On top of that, the company claims, it’s easier and less expensive than traditional clusters to deploy and manage. 04/18/2006

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    Microsoft Request for Novell's EU Docs Rejected

    Massachusetts court denies Microsoft's request to force Novell to hand over EU papers that may help in antitrust case. 04/18/2006

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    Lenovo: Genuine, Licensed Windows on Most of Its Chinese PCs

    Officials at the largest Chinese PC manufacturer tells Microsoft that most of its Chinese PCs now have legitimate, licensed Windows installed. 04/17/2006

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    Oracle May Launch Linux Version, Considered Novell Buy

    Business software provider Oracle Corp. is considering plans to offer its own version of the Linux operating system and has studied an acquisition of Novell Inc., the open-source operating system's No. 2 distributor, according to a newspaper report Monday. 04/17/2006

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    Server, Heal Thyself

    Zenprise 2.0's diagnostics management add-on for Microsoft Exchange gets an update with self-healing capabilities, more integrated troubleshooting reference material. 04/17/2006

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    IBM Faces Impatience Despite Retooling

    When Sam Palmisano addresses IBM's annual shareholder meeting this month, Big Blue's chief will unfurl plenty of good news. And yet investors in the audience could be forgiven for being impatient with the boss. 04/16/2006

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    EFF Sues AT&T over Participation in U.S. Spy Program

    AT&T Inc. and an Internet advocacy group are waging in federal court a privacy battle that could expose the reach of the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program. 04/16/2006

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    Bejing Bans 'Naked' Computers

    Sales of personal computers without software -- known as "naked computers" -- will be banned in the Chinese capital to reduce software piracy, the city government said Friday. 04/14/2006

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    Anatomy of the Deal: Nexvue and Microsoft OEM Agreement

    Part of our ongoing series offering an inside look at prominent deals in the Microsoft partner community. 04/14/2006

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    Microsoft Launches Academic Search Tool

    Microsoft this week took another shot at nemesis Google as it released the first beta test copy of its own academic search system. 04/13/2006

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    Deals Set Stage for Chinese President's Visit to Microsoft

    Chinese computer manufacturer Founder Technology Group Corp. signed an agreement Wednesday with Microsoft Corp. as part of an overall effort to crack down on widespread software piracy in China. 04/13/2006

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    Google Launches Calendar App

    Google Inc., the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others. 04/13/2006

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    Microsoft To End Windows 9x Support in July

    This time, there will be no more temporary reprieves. Microsoft has begun warning users of Windows 98, 98 Second Edition and Windows Millennium Edition that the end is near -- for all technical support, at least. 04/13/2006

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    Microsoft Launches Windows/Linux Site

    Microsoft late last week did something longtime industry watchers thought they'd never see: The company announced it has set up a Web site specifically aimed at improving communications with Linux and the rest of the open source world. 04/12/2006

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    .NET Exam for Enterprise Developers Now Available

    Microsoft Learning Group also plans to launch multi-language versions of SQL Server exams in April. 04/12/2006

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    'Live Clipboard' Is Coming

    Chief technical officer Ray Ozzie has only been at Microsoft a year but he has already started making an important impact on the company's technology directions, especially in the area of the software giant's online services play. 04/12/2006

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    Lawyer: British Hacker Could Be Prosecuted Under U.S. Terrorist Statutes

    A Briton accused of mounting the largest ever successful hack of U.S. government computer networks could face prosecution under U.S. anti-terror laws, despite assurances he will not, his lawyer told an extradition hearing Wednesday. 04/12/2006

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    Google Defends Cooperation with China

    Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday defended the search engine's cooperation with Chinese censorship as he announced the creation of a Beijing research center and unveiled a Chinese-language brand name. 04/12/2006

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    Winternals Sues Best Buy for Unlicensed Software

    A Texas software company sued Best Buy Co. Inc. in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer was using unlicensed versions of its diagnostic equipment. 04/12/2006

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    Extra, Extra: FrontPage Is Dead

    As Microsoft works on delivering new tools for creating and maintaining Web sites, it also plans to quietly kill off FrontPage at the end of the year. 04/11/2006

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    Microsoft Ships April Atlas CTP

    Microsoft this week released the April Community Technology Preview (CTP) of ASP.NET, code-named "Atlas." 04/11/2006

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    Microsoft Releases 5 Security Bulletins

    Microsoft on Tuesday released five security bulletins as promised. All five addressed vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. Three of the bulletins were rated critical, and one addressed a high-profile, zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer. 04/11/2006

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    Winternals Sues Best Buy

    Texas software company alleges that Best Buy's Geek Squad subsidiary is using unlicensed copies of Winternals' diagnosis tools. 04/11/2006

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    MySpace.com Hires Former Microsoft Exec

    MySpace.com said Tuesday it has tapped a former federal prosecutor and Microsoft Corp. executive to be its online safety chief, the latest move by the social networking site to shore up security. 04/11/2006

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    Chinese Company Founder Buys Windows Licenses

    Founder extends goodwill gesture in hopes of promoting use of genuine versions of Windows software. 04/11/2006

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    Partner Watch, April 10

    NetLib releases data encryption software for SQL Server backup tapes. 04/10/2006

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    IBM Unveils Encryption Chip

    In an effort to boost the level of data security on portable computers, cell phones and other gadgets, IBM Corp. is unveiling a method for injecting encryption capabilities into the heart of the machines' circuitry. 04/09/2006

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    Cell Phone Industry Steps Closer to VoIP

    LAS VEGAS -- Wojtek Felendzer held a mobile phone to his ear as he walked across the room, the call automatically switching behind the scenes from a Wi-Fi wireless hotspot to the regular cellular network. 04/09/2006

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